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b'A Viking and an American\\nIndian walk into the Alaskan wilderness. If that sounds like a joke, you\\nhaven\\u2019t read Dwellers in the Mirage, the thrilling sci-fi adventure story by A.\\nMerrit. Listen to my guests and I talk about this story that features a Cthulhu-esque\\ndeity, a Conan-esque warrior king, and half-naked warrior women in a hidden\\nmountain valley.\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nwww.nobleknight.com\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nMerrit, A.: CREEP,\\nSHADOW, CREEP; MOON POOL; DWELLERS IN THE MIRAGE; et al\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\u201cThe most immediate\\ninfluences upon AD&D were probably de Camp & Pratt, R. E. Howard, Fritz\\nLeiber, Jack Vance, H. P. Lovecraft, and A. Merrit\\u201d \\u2014 Gary Gygax\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nAbraham Merrit\\n\\nborn 1884, died 1943\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nWikipedia names H. Rider\\nHaggard, Robert W. Chambers, Helena Blavatsky and Gertrude Barrows Bennett\\n(writing as Francis Stevens) as \\u201cheavy influences.\\u201d\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nHe was a major influence\\non Appendix N authors H. P. Lovecraft and Michael Moorcock. He was referenced\\nin the\\xa0Lensman\\xa0series by E. E. Smith.\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nBorn in Beverly, New\\nJersey. Primarily a journalist. Assistant editor of\\xa0The American Weekly\\xa0from\\n1912 to 1937 and then editor until his death in 1943.\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nMerrit\\u2019s first fantasy\\nstory was \\u201cThrough the Dragon Glass\\u201d (1917)\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nDwellers in the Mirage\\xa0was originally serialized in six parts in\\nthe magazine\\xa0Argosy\\xa0beginning on January 23, 1932.\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nFor the article\\nreferences in this show:\\xa0http://skullsinthestars.com/2009/02/22/a-merritts-dwellers-in-the-mirage/\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nCo-host:\\n\\nJeffrey Wikstrom\\n\\nwebsite -\\xa0jeffwik.com\\n\\nemail -\\xa0jeffwik@gmail.com\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nMy guest:\\n\\nJeremiah McCoy\\n\\nwebsite -\\xa0https://thebasicsofthegame.wordpress.com\\n\\ntumblr -\\xa0http://thebasicsofthegame.tumblr.com\\n\\nYouTube -\\xa0https://www.youtube.com/user/brothersaul\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nhttp://www.thetomeshow.com\\n\\nthetomeshow@gmail.com\\n\\n\\xa0Support the show, shop below...NOBLE KNIGHT'